Finance Council

A Finance Council is a consultative body of the Christian faith established to advise the pastor/parish life facilitator and parish pastoral council in matters pertaining to the financial affairs of the parish. Its function is to assist the pastor/parish life facilitator in the responsible planning and administering of all parish financial matters and to set the parish financial policy and procedures - to provide effective management of parish assets. The pastor/parish life facilitator has authority from the Bishop and the universal law of the Church to decide and act on behalf of the parish (Canon #532).

The parish finance council is advisory to the pastor/parish life facilitator and its recommendations are valid only when accepted and endorsed by the pastor/parish life facilitator. Therefore, it is important that the pastor/parish life facilitator be involved in the deliberations and functioning of the parish finance council. The relationship between this council and the pastor/parish life facilitator is meant to be supportive and, by no means, adversarial.